Tuesday, September 14, 2010

ballad of the champion

i became the college football champion,on Playstation, (Xbox, orwhatever your flavor)in just one week,

& my family asks,hi, who are you?do you remember me?

i guessits just a questionof priority...

oh look, i just rananother touchdown inof course that is the only wayi ever score these daysbut...winner, winneri got no chicken dinnereating spam out of a canbut don't you know,i am the man, causenothing says lovelike lee corsogiving commentaryon how good i am...

i am...

i am the college football championon Playstation (Xbox orwhatever your flavor)...

hey where did everybody go?kids? honey?not even a note

...i guessit's just a questionof priority

I have been in a quirky mood the last week or so. This is a kinda tongue in cheek look at how we can get our priorities out of whack pretty easily, on things that don't really matter all that much. Do you One Shot? Why not? One Shot Wednesday opens at 5 pm today. Write a poem and come join us.

On the quest for constant entertainment we have lost sight of what's really important. Thank goodness my children have a pack of kids to play with in the neighborhood and they have great imaginations.....I always tell my oldest Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, etc. didn't have to have the internet, cell phones and x-boxes to succeed! Great write....

You really hit it it on the nail Brian. When our priorities are off those closest to us pay the price for our absence. If it goes on long enough, after awhile they quit waiting for us and just go on without us.

I remember reading a poem (way way back when my now grown children were little)about enjoying the present moments with your kids cause kids don't wait. At that time, I was right smack in the middle of mothering and it felt endless. I didn't realize the fullness of that truth until they were grown. It's like in a blink of an eye they are grown up and gone.

Granted I did spend a lot of time with my children, I just didn't enjoy it like I should have. Now that I am doing this a second time I have learned the value of enjoying it because in a blink of an eye I know they will be grown and gone.

This so true. We were just talking the other day about how the internet can just suck time from the day. It is all about priorities. When someone says I wish had the time to..., I think, you do have the time - you have 24 hours in a day, what are your priorities.

this sounds very familiar - not with computer games but with blogging...forgot dinner - children told me something and i didn't listen - husband disappeared - did he tell me where he would go....OMG - already 1 am and alarm clock goess off at 5... will come in a minute honey - just let me check out this last poem...

LOL!! this reminded me of my future brother in law.. he does nothing but play games.. my little sister is marrying an ass but she doesnt get that yet... loved this post.. im showing this post to my other sister so we can talk about what an idiot he is and what a sucker our baby sister is some more...LOL

Great piece, and a little quirkiness never hurts. We all have our little obsessions and compulsions. If I did not have older kids to keep me from going astray on the internet and writing, I think I would be quite stinky and scrawny by now.

With three males in my house...I know what your family is going through!!!!!!!!! My hubby is living his f=dream racing online with the xbox! One son is into Madden and the other plays them all. However, the boys have given up the games for their current flames...guess I don't rate, hubby is still racing!!!!!

Here is Number 87..comment that is ...and all I can add is you have to get football however you can...I love it, and hockey...and Indy racing...fast cars - fast sports...even if it is spam...over chicken...bkm

Not quirky at all--too true of too many who pick their heads up out of whichever electronic device & discover like Rip Van Winkle, that life has gone on without them.You, on the other hand, are fully engaged in life, and most definitely have your priorities right (write)!!

I think one of the things I love about your posts is that they are so candid and genuinely you - reflecting your state of mind and what you think about, what makes impression on you, what occupies your thinking...Glad to know I am not the only one out of whack these days... sigh...Have a lovely day,xoxo

Wonderful Brian!!!! Not for video games, but can get distracted in other realms, however always priorities for me come first (especially being the parent of an active...very active 4 year old girl, lol) Sometimes I wonder.....I feel somewhat played out like a video game!!! ;D somehow I always end up fumbling the ball! hehehe, enjoyed this "quirkiness" very much! ~April

Gaming..it's been taking the guys away and away for a long time now. And even the rest of the family too in a world of computers, tv, game boxes all interlinked. How do we ever get any work done. Very playful but with a message. Well written. Thank you. Gay (@beachanny)

I think lots of people have experienced this phenomena in its many forms, especially in the realm of electronic entertainment - surfing the internet, phones, MP3 players, texting, games, chat rooms, etc.

There's always something ready to distract us from reality, but I try not to give them too much of my time.

"Brian said,"I have been in a quirky mood the last week or so. This is a kinda tongue in cheek look at how we can get our priorities out of whack pretty easily, on things that don't really matter all that much."

Hi! Brian,I must admit that I try not to let that happen to often, but I must also admit that sometimes it's very difficult.Thanks, for sharing and the reminder!DeeDee ;-D

excellent piece my friend...i remember when the sega megadrive first came out with sonic in the early 90's...it didnt have a save option so i would stay on it..and on it and on it and on it...crash at 4 am then get up at 6 for work...never again...or so i thought until i had kids and brought a playstation into the house.....damn..thank god for blogging eh!!!..cheers pete

Ha, I liked this light poem. How often do we get caught up in games or television, that we have no clue what's going on around us. This poem touches upon the problem of balancing that many people face. Great One Shot.